(ANS – Masaya) – On February, 2016 for the sixth year “Don Bosco Prep”, Ramsey, USA, sent a group on a youth ministry trip to Nicaragua. The 23 seniors and 12 adults on this year’s trip traveled again to the town of Masaya, the center of the Mama Margarita Foundation. There they built a house, the third constructed by Don Bosco students.

Dili, East Timor - March 2016 - The Episcopal ordination of the Salesian, Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, Bishop of Dili, took place on 19 March. The celebration was presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio of East Timor, Archbishop Joseph Marino, and was attended by six bishops, many priests and religious, Salesians and members of the Salesian Family and civil authorities.

Thimphu, Bhutan - March 2016 - During the Extraordinary Visitation to the Province of Guwahati (ING), Fr Guillermo Basañes, Councillor for the Missions, paid a visit to a Buddhist monastery.